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| honorific_prefix    = [[The Reverend]]
| name                = Nicholas Russo
| honorific_suffix    = [[Society of Jesus|SJ]]
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| alt                 = Bust-length portrait of Nicholas Russo
| caption             = Russo {{circa|1888}}
| order               = 7th
| office              = President of Boston College
| termstart           = 1887
| termend             = 1888
| predecessor         = [[Thomas H. Stack]]
| successor           = [[Robert J. Fulton]]
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| birth_place         = [[Ascoli Piceno]], Marche, [[United Provinces of Central Italy]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1902|04|01|1845|04|24}}
| death_place         = New York City, US
| alma_mater          = [[Woodstock College]]
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'''Nicholas Russo''' {{post-nom|list=[[Society of Jesus|SJ]]}} (April 24, 1845 – April 1, 1902) was an Italian [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] priest, [[Jesuit]], philosopher, and [[missionary]]. Born in Italy, he ran away from his family and joined the [[Society of Jesus]] in France in 1862, where he was educated and began teaching. In 1875, Russo was sent to the United States to study at [[Woodstock College]]. For ten years, he was a professor and the [[Chair (academia)|chair]] of philosophy at [[Boston College]] and became its first faculty member to publish a book. Specializing in [[Thomism]], he was regarded as a successful professor. He served as [[President of Boston College|president of the college]] from 1887 to 1888.

In the 1890s, Russo left a successful career in academia to minister for more than ten years to the [[Italians in New York City|Italian immigrants]] in New York City's [[Lower East Side]], who faced poverty and [[Anti-Italianism in the United States|discrimination]] by local priests. He founded the Church of Our Lady of Loreto in 1891, which grew to 3,000 weekly parishioners, as well as schools for boys and girls and parochial clubs and [[Sodality|sodalities]].

==Early life==

Nicholas Russo was born on April 24, 1845, in [[Ascoli Piceno]] in the [[United Provinces of Central Italy]], today located in the [[Marche]] region of central Italy.{{Efn|name=birthplace|Several sources list his birthplace as [[Ascoli Satriano]], in the [[Apulia]] region of southern Italy.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":14" />}} His mother died when Russo was a young child. His father was a prominent physician in the town. Russo excelled in school, especially in [[Latin]] and [[Ancient Greek]]. When he reached the age of six, Russo expressed an interest in entering [[Consecrated life|religious life]] and, with one of his sisters, made [[Christian pilgrimage|pilgrimages]] to [[shrine]]s and observed the [[Calendar of saints|Catholic feasts]] and days of [[Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church|abstinence]]. Intending Nicholas to also become a physician, Russo's father had Nicholas attend surgeries with him, and a nurse assisted Nicholas and his sister keep their religious practices secret from Russo's father.<ref name=":0">{{Harvnb|''Woodstock Letters''|1902|p=281}}</ref>

Russo desired to enter the [[Society of Jesus]] but feared that his father would not permit him to do so.<ref name=":2">{{Harvnb|Dunigan|1947|p=143}}</ref> Thus, on August 8, 1862, telling no one but his sister, Russo ran away from home. With two friends, he traveled on foot to France, begging for food and shelter along the way, and ultimately entering the Jesuit [[novitiate]] in [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] on September 7, 1862.<ref name=":1" /> They were accepted on probationary status and Russo was instructed to obtain the consent of his family. Russo never saw his family again, but received a letter from his father, who was on his deathbed, approving of Russo's decision to enter the Jesuits,<ref name=":0" /> and the superiors permitted him to continue his [[Jesuit formation]].<ref name=":2" /> Russo's father died shortly thereafter.<ref name=":0" />

After professing his [[Religious vows|vows]], Russo went to [[Saint-Acheul]] for two years to complete his [[juniorate]]. He then proceeded to [[Vals, Ariège|Vals]] for his philosophical studies. Afterwards, he spent five years as a grammar teacher and the [[prefect]] at the Jesuit college in [[Saint-Affrique]].<ref name=":3">{{Harvnb|''Woodstock Letters''|1902|p=282}}</ref>

== Academic career ==
In 1875, the Jesuit province of [[Naples]] sent Russo to the United States for his [[Catholic theology|theological]] studies, and he proceeded to [[Woodstock College]] in [[Maryland]]. He excelled during his time as a student. Russo was [[Holy orders in the Catholic Church|ordained]] a [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]] in 1877, and in September of that year, he was sent to [[Massachusetts]] to teach logic and [[metaphysics]] at [[Boston College]]. He remained in this position for nearly ten years,<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Harvnb|Donovan|Dunigan|FitzGerald|1990|p=90}}</ref> becoming the [[Chair (academia)|chair]] of philosophy,<ref name=":6">{{Harvnb|''The Stylus''|1902|p=164}}</ref> and taking a reprieve only for the academic year of 1872 to 1873, to complete his [[tertianship]] in [[Frederick, Maryland]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> Russo was also the college [[librarian]], and, during the physical enlargement of the library in 1876, he and another Jesuit instituted an accurate [[Library catalog|card catalogue]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Dunigan|1947|p=158}}</ref>

During his time at Boston College, Russo published his first book, {{Lang|la|Summa Philosophica}}, comprising philosophy lectures he had delivered to students.<ref name=":3" /> With this, he became the first member of the Boston College faculty to publish a book while associated with the institution.<ref name=":2" /> As a teacher, he lectured in Latin,<ref name=":4">{{Harvnb|Dunigan|1947|p=128}}</ref> and was known as stern but effective.<ref>{{Harvnb|Dunigan|1947|pp=143–144}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> He also lectured on [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] and published his second book on the subject.<ref name=":3" /> Russo was well versed in the [[Scholasticism|scholastic]] tradition,<ref name=":7">{{Harvnb|''The Stylus''|1902|p=165}}</ref> as well as [[Thomism|Thomistic]] philosophy and theology. Given [[Pope Leo XIII]]'s mandate that the Thomism should be taught at [[Catholic higher education|Catholic universities]], Russo became a prominent teacher. One of his students was the future [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] and [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston|archbishop of Boston]], [[William Henry O'Connell]], who wrote in an 1880 letter:<ref name=":4" />
{{Blockquote|text=Certainly Father Russo is a stern teacher. He never speaks a word to a soul except as he speaks to all in class. He sits at the rostrum looking like some great [[Middle Ages|medieval]] scholar — great black eyes, a lean sallow face, and a look which turns you into stone if you don't happen to know your lesson.<ref name=":4" />|source=}}Russo professed his [[fourth vow]] on August 15, 1884.<ref name=":1">{{Harvnb|Mendizàbal|1972|p=183}}</ref>

=== President of Boston College ===
The [[List of presidents of Boston College|president of Boston College]], [[Thomas H. Stack]], died suddenly on August 30, 1887, after just 17 days. There was not enough time to formally select a new rector, a lengthy process, before the start of classes in autumn. Therefore, Russo was appointed the vice-[[Rector (academia)|rector]] and seventh president to temporarily administer the institution.<ref>{{Harvnb|Dunigan|1947|pp=142–143}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Harvnb|Donovan|Dunigan|FitzGerald|1990|p=89}}</ref> During his presidency, Russo was also the [[pastor]] of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in the [[South End, Boston|South End]] of [[Boston]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Lapomarda|1977|p=211}}</ref> His tenure was uneventful,<ref name=":5" /> and after less than one year, Russo was succeeded by [[Robert J. Fulton]] on July 4, 1888.<ref>{{Harvnb|Dunigan|1947|p=144}}</ref>

== Ministry in New York City ==
Following his presidency, Russo became the [[Procurator (Catholic canon law)|procurator]] at [[St. Francis Xavier Church (Manhattan)|St. Francis Xavier Church]] in New York City. He also was appointed "moderator of the cases of conscience" for the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York|Archdiocese of New York]], a position he held for the rest of his life. In 1889, Russo became a professor of philosophy at [[Georgetown University]] in Washington, D.C. It was there in 1889 that he published his third book, on ethics, completing his Jesuit philosophical education.<ref name=":3" />

Russo returned to New York City, serving as {{Lang|la|operarius}}{{Efn|An {{Lang|la|operarius}} is a Jesuit who works as a priest away from his Jesuit community.<ref name=gramatowski20>{{harvnb|Gramatowski|2013|p=20}}</ref>|name=operarius}} at the [[Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (New York City)|Church of St. Lawrence O'Toole]] (later known as the [[Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (New York City)|Church of St. Ignatius Loyola]]).<ref name=":3" /> He also [[Speechwriter|wrote speeches]] and papers for the archbishop of New York, [[Michael Corrigan]].<ref name=":8">{{Harvnb|Brown|1987|p=199}}</ref> On February 19, 1891, Russo presided over a conference at [[St. Patrick's Cathedral (Midtown Manhattan)|St. Patrick's Cathedral]] of all priests of the archdiocese, which discussed [[Canon law of the Catholic Church|canon law]], [[dogmatic theology]], and [[Catholic moral theology|moral theology]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 8, 1891 |title=The Catholic Conference: Dr. M'Glynn's Expectations Said to be Groundless |pages=9 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

=== Church of Our Lady of Loreto ===
[[File:NYC Mulberry Street 3g04637u.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Manhattan's [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]] {{circa|1900}}|alt=Photograph of a busy street scene]]

As hundreds of thousands of Italian immigrants arrived in New York City, many settled in [[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]] in [[Lower Manhattan]].<ref name=":9">{{Harvnb|McNamara|2014|p=78}}</ref> The [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus|Jesuit Superior General]] urged Archbishop Corrigan to tend to their spiritual needs,<ref name=":10" /> and Corrigan enlisted the aid of various [[Religious order (Catholic)|religious orders]] to establish churches for Italians throughout Manhattan. For the [[Lower East Side]], he selected the Jesuits,<ref name=":9" /> and the Jesuit [[provincial superior]], [[Thomas J. Campbell (university president)|Thomas J. Campbell]], selected Russo to lead the effort.<ref name=":14">{{Harvnb|Brown|1987|p=198}}</ref>

With that, Russo gave up a successful career in academia and spent the rest of his life ministering to poor [[Italians in New York City|Italian immigrants]] in New York City,<ref name=":7" /> who, he wrote, "worked like slaves" for [[Subsistence economy|subsistence]] wages.<ref>{{Harvnb|McNamara|2014|pp=78–79}}</ref> As one biographer noted, "It must have been, humanly speaking, no small sacrifice...for he had held high positions in Boston and New York and his work had lain almost entirely among the better instructed and wealthy."<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":11">{{Harvnb|''Woodstock Letters''|1902|p=283}}</ref>

When Russo arrived in New York, tensions between Italian immigrants and the city's predominantly [[Irish Americans in New York City|Irish]] clergy had been building for some time,<ref name=":9" /> and Italians faced [[Anti-Italianism in the United States|discrimination]] from local pastors.<ref>{{Harvnb|McNamara|2014|p=79}}</ref> At [[St. Patrick's Old Cathedral]], the pastor, John F. Kearney, created an Italian sub-congregation in 1882 that was almost entirely [[Racial segregation|segregated]] from the rest of the [[Parish (Catholic Church)|parish]]. Italians were relegated to the basement to celebrate [[Mass in the Catholic Church|Mass]] and other [[Sacraments of the Catholic Church|sacraments]], and Kearney eventually expelled the Italians from the church entirely.<ref>{{Harvnb|Brown|1987|pp=195–196}}</ref> Russo first visited St. Patrick's in 1889, and Kearney refused to permit him to celebrate Mass in the main church for "reasons which a priest should feel ashamed to give," according to Russo.<ref name=":8" /> While Russo initially believed that the primary obstacle to the Italians' spiritual wellbeing was their own "indifference" to religion, after five years ministering to them, he concluded that neglect by clergy charged with their [[pastoral care]] was the foremost problem.<ref name=":8" /> As a result, [[Protestantism|Protestants]] actively worked to [[Religious conversion|convert]] Italian immigrants.<ref name=":10">{{Harvnb|Russo|1896|p=136}}</ref>

Russo and another Italian Jesuit, Aloysius Romano, physically converted a rented [[Bar (establishment)|barroom]] on [[Elizabeth Street (Manhattan)|Elizabeth Street]] it into a [[chapel]] holding about 150 people. They built an [[Altar (Catholic Church)|altar]] and two [[confessional]]s, cleaned the walls, painted, and named the chapel {{Lang|it|Missione Italiana della Madonna di Loreto}}. The first Mass was held in the chapel on August 16, 1891, the Feast of [[Saint Roch|San Rocco]], with Russo delivering the [[sermon]] in Italian and the provincial superior being the main [[Concelebration|celebrant]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Russo|1896|p=137}}</ref> Tensions persisted, with Russo writing to Archbishop Corrigan about Kearney's continued hostility.<ref>{{Harvnb|Brown|1987|p=200}}</ref> With his congregation shrinking, Kearney reopened St. Patrick's to Italians, who became the majority of parishioners, depleting funds from Russo's indebted church.<ref name=":12">{{Harvnb|Brown|1987|p=201}}</ref>

Russo's parish soon outgrew its makeshift chapel, and in 1892, he purchased two [[tenement]] buildings across the street.<ref>{{Harvnb|Russo|1896|pp=139–140}}</ref> After renovations, the new church was dedicated by Corrigan on September 27 under the name Our Lady of Loretto.<ref>{{Harvnb|Russo|1896|p=140}}</ref> The church, located at 303 and 305 Elizabeth Street, contained three altars.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 26, 1892 |title=For Italians to Worship in: Dedication of the New Church of the Madonna di Loretto |pages=9 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> It accommodated 500 people seated and an additional 200 people standing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 18, 1892 |title=A New Italian Church: It is the Outcome of the Italian Mission Recently Established |pages=17 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

Russo divided the basement of the church into classrooms, opening a school for 200 children. Due to poor conditions in the basement, after two months, he purchased two houses adjoining the church for $35,000<ref>{{Harvnb|Russo|1896|p=141}}</ref> (equivalent to approximately ${{Format price|{{Inflation|US-GDP|35000|1895}}}} in {{Inflation/year|index=US-GDP}}),{{Inflation/fn|US-GDP}} and renovated them for another $8,000. A new [[parochial school]] for girls opened in October 1895 and one for boys opened in 1898. By 1895, the schools enrolled 700 students.<ref name=":11" /> Russo also started two weekend clubs for younger and older boys and a [[sodality]] devoted to the [[Sacred Heart]].<ref>{{Harvnb|''Woodstock Letters''|1902|p=284}}</ref> Eventually, a third Jesuit from [[Sicily]] became a [[curate]] at the church.<ref>{{Harvnb|Russo|1896|p=142}}</ref>

On Easter in 1902, Russo's health deteriorated and he was taken to [[St. Vincent's Medical Center (New York)|St. Vincent's Hospital]], where it was found he had [[pneumonia]] with complications.<ref name=":13">{{Harvnb|''Woodstock Letters''|1902|p=285}}</ref> He died on April 1, 1902, by which time the church drew 3,000 parishioners each Sunday.<ref>{{Harvnb|McNamara|2014|p=80}}</ref> While it was intended that a Neapolitan Jesuit working in the [[Rocky Mountains]] replace Russo at Our Lady of Loreto, he was succeeded by William H. Walsh.<ref name=":12" /> Russo's [[Catholic funeral|funeral]] was held at Our Lady of Loreto, with the Mass celebrated by the provincial superior and the [[absolution of the dead]] prayed by Archbishop Corrigan.<ref name=":13" />

==Published works==

* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezE-AAAAYAAJ |title=Summa philosophica juxta scholasticorum Principia: complectens logicam et metaphysicam |publisher=Thomas B. Noonan & Co. |year=1885 |location=Boston |language=la |trans-title=Philosophical Summation Based on Scholastic Principles: Including Logic and Metaphysics |oclc=7700707 |ref=none |access-date=May 21, 2023 |via=Google Books}}
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ic-AAAAYAAJ |title=The True Religion and Its Dogmas |publisher=Thomas B. Noonan & Co. |year=1886 |location=Boston |language=en |oclc=893916100 |ref=none |access-date=May 21, 2023 |via=Google Books}}
* {{Cite book |title=De philosophia morali: praelectiones quas in Collegio Georgiopolitano Soc. Jesu anno MDCCCLXXXIX-X |publisher=Benziger Brothers |year=1890 |location=New York |language=la |trans-title=On Moral Philosophy: Lectures Delivered at Georgetown College of the Society of Jesus in the Year 1889-90 |oclc=8518644 |ref=none}}

==See also==
* [[Basilica della Santa Casa]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==

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* {{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Mary Elizabeth |date=April 1987 |title=The Making of Italian-American Catholics: Jesuit Work on the Lower East Side, New York, 1890's–1950's |journal=[[The Catholic Historical Review]] |volume=73 |issue=2 |pages=194–210 |jstor=25022498}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Donovan |first1=Charles F. |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbostonc00dono/page/90/mode/2up |title=History of Boston College: From the Beginnings to 1990 |last2=Dunigan |first2=David R. |last3=FitzGerald |first3=Paul A. |publisher=University Press of Boston College |year=1990 |isbn=0-9625934-0-0 |location=Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts |pages= |language=en |access-date=May 21, 2023 |via=Internet Archive}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dunigan |first=David R. |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofbostonc00duni/page/n1/mode/2up |title=A History of Boston College |publisher=Bruce Publishing Co. |year=1947 |isbn= |editor-last=Crowley |editor-first=Francis M. |series=The Catholic Education Series |location=Milwaukee |pages= |language=en |oclc=855266992 |access-date=May 21, 2023 |via=Internet Archive}}
* {{Cite book |last=Gramatowski |first=Wiktor |url=http://www.sjweb.info/arsi/documents/glossary.pdf |title=Jesuit Glossary: Guide to understanding the documents |publisher=Archivum Romanum Societatis Iesu |year=2013 |location=Rome |language=en |translator-last=Russell |translator-first=Camilla |access-date=May 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517115109/http://www.sjweb.info/arsi/documents/glossary.pdf |archive-date=May 17, 2017 |url-status=dead}}
* {{Cite book |last=Lapomarda |first=Vincent A. |url=https://crossworks.holycross.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=nenprovhistory |title=The Jesuit Heritage in New England |publisher=The Jesuits of Holy Cross College, Inc. |year=1977 |isbn=978-0960629404 |location=Worcester, Massachusetts |access-date=May 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322204525/https://crossworks.holycross.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=nenprovhistory |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |url-status=live |via=CrossWorks}}
* {{Cite book |last=McNamara |first=Patrick |title=New York Catholics: Faith, Attitude, & the Works |publisher=[[Orbis Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-62698-071-6 |location=New York |pages=78–80 |language=en |chapter=Father Nicholas Russo, 1845–1902 |access-date=May 21, 2023 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLodBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT78 |via=Google Books}}
* {{Cite book |last=Mendizàbal |first=Rufo |url=https://jesuitarchives.omeka.net/items/show/824 |title=Catalogus defunctorum in renata Societate Iesu ab a. 1814 ad a. 1970 |publisher=Jesuit Archives: Central United States |year=1972 |location=Rome |pages=153–183 |language=la |access-date=May 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208094949/https://jesuitarchives.omeka.net/items/show/824 |archive-date=February 8, 2023 |url-status=live}}
* {{Cite journal |date=October 1902 |title=Obituary: Father Nicholas Russo |url=https://jesuitonlinelibrary.bc.edu/?a=d&d=wlet19021001-01.2.15&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |url-status=live |journal=[[Woodstock Letters]] |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=281–285 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825140305/https://jesuitonlinelibrary.bc.edu/?a=d&d=wlet19021001-01.2.15&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |access-date=August 25, 2023 |ref={{harvid|Woodstock Letters|1902}} |via=Jesuit Archives & Research Center |language=en}}
* {{Cite magazine |date=May 1902 |title=Rev. Nicholas Russo, S. J. |url=https://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/imageserver.pl?oid=stylus19020501-01&getpdf=true |url-status=live |magazine=[[The Stylus of Boston College|The Stylus]] |volume=16 |issue=3 |page= |pages=164–165 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024104458/https://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/imageserver.pl?oid=stylus19020501-01&getpdf=true |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |access-date=May 21, 2023 |ref={{Harvid|The Stylus|1902}}}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Russo |first=Nicholas |date=February 1896 |title=The Origin and Progress of Our Italian Mission in New York |url=https://jesuitonlinelibrary.bc.edu/?a=d&d=wlet18960201-01.1.135&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |url-status=live |journal=[[Woodstock Letters]] |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=135–143 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521224052/https://jesuitonlinelibrary.bc.edu/?a=d&d=wlet18960201-01.1.135&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- |archive-date=May 21, 2023 |access-date=May 21, 2023 |via=Jesuit Online Library}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Nicholas Russo}}
* {{Cite web |title=Church of Our Lady of Loreto |url=http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/OurLadyLoreto.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927133826/http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/OurLadyLoreto.html |archive-date=September 27, 2021 |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=New York City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists |ref=none}}
* {{Cite web |last=Bender |first=Arthur C. |title=A Brief History of the New York Province |url=http://www.jesuitseast.org/Assets/Publications/File/The%20History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Province%20Jesuits.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430144613/http://www.jesuitseast.org/Assets/Publications/File/The%20History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20Province%20Jesuits.pdf |archive-date=April 30, 2020 |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=Jesuits: USA East |ref=none}}
* {{Cite web |last=McNamara |first=Pat |date=June 6, 2011 |title=A Jesuit in Little Italy: Father Nicholas Russo, S.J. |url=https://www.patheos.com/resources/additional-resources/2011/06/jesuit-in-little-italy-father-nicholas-russo-pat-mcnamara-06-07-2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823055905/https://www.patheos.com/resources/additional-resources/2011/06/jesuit-in-little-italy-father-nicholas-russo-pat-mcnamara-06-07-2011 |archive-date=August 23, 2023 |access-date=August 23, 2023 |website=[[Patheos]]}}

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